Archery bow



United States Patent M 3,120,222 ARCHERY BOW Fred B. Bear, Grayling, lflicln, assignor, by mespe assignments to Grayling State Bank, Grayling, Mick, a banking corporation of Michigan Filed Oct. 3, 1961, Set. 1 o. 142,727 2 Claims. (Cl. 124-24) This invention relates to the art of archery and more particularly to an improvement in the bow to accommodate a sighting device.

Under current practice, bow sights are of many different types and are mounted on either the back or the face of the bow, with the result that they are subjected to the hazard of damage if a bow is dropped or bumped. Also, all sights on the market are in the nature of attachments, and, in most cases the user is left to his own choice as to whether to secure the sight to the bow handle by tape, suction cups, elastic bands, clips, screws, or the like, depending on what kind of sight he prefers.

Accordingly, the present invention has for its primary object a solution to the problem by mounting the sight in the bow window. That is to say, the invention provides in combination with the Window, a sight support on the sill of the window, as distinguished from the upper and lower sides thereof, or the front or rear face of the bow, to thereby remove the hazards referred to.

Another object is to make the sill of the window in a manner to not only adjustably mount a sighting device as a part of original manufacture, but, when no sight is sold with the bow, to make the sill adapted for the rece tion of at least some of the sights presently sold as attachmerits.

A further object of the invention is to provide the sill of the bow with a recess or cavity to enable the sight support to be mounted as fiushly as possible with the sill, and in some cases provide a cover where the bow is sold separately from the sight.

With the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE '1 is a detail perspective view of the handle portion of a bow illustrating the window and a typical sighting device arranged therein.

"FIGURE 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 22 of FIGURE 1 and to better illustrate one form of cavity in the sill.

FIGURE 3 is a detail perspective View of the parts shown in FIGURE .1 with the sighting device supports removed from the cavity in the sill portion of the window.

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the sill portion of the bow in cross section and the cavity or recess closed by a cover.

FIGURE 5 is a cross sectional view similar to FIG- URE 2, omitting the sighting device and further illustrating the use of a cover or cap for the cavity in the sill portion of the bow.

FIGURE 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating a further form of recess in the sill for accommodating another type of sight support.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The archery bow is designated generally as A, and in accordance with usual practice, includes a handle portion B adjacent to a Window C including a sill portion -1 and an upper side Wall 2 and a lower side side wall 3. The arrow to be used with the bow is aimed through the 3,120,222 Fatented Feb. 4, 1964 window with the shaft of the arrow resting upon the bottom side wall 3.

The sill portion 1 of the window C is provided with a recess or cavity D. For example, as shown, the said sill portion of the window is provided with a recess whose cross sectional shape may be of transversely stepped formation, although the precise order and shape of the stepped portions may be varied. That is to say, in this embodiment, the recess D is provided with at least a pair of shoulders 4, 4 below the mouth of the recess and which are intended to receive supporting strips for a sight device designated generally as S.

As shown, the strips 5, 5 rest upon the shoulders 4 to be secured to the body of the sill by screws or similar fastenings 6, while their inner edges are spaced to provide a guideway in which the body of the slighting device may slide for purposes of adjustment by the archer.

The sighting device S is shown simply by way of example, and it will of course be understood that any sighting device may have its body mounted within the recess D, but the drawings illustrate a simple and practical form of mounting. As the mounting shows, the strips 5, 5 would be interengaged with the grooved sides of the body of the sighting device 3, and then the perforated ends of the strips 5, 5 are secured to the related shoulders by suitable fastenings 6.

The side walls of the recess D below the shoulders 4, 4 may be of any desired cross section to accommodate the base portion of the adjustable sighting device, and in the arrangement shown a second pair of shoulders 7 is shown upon which the base of the sighting device may slide.

As indicated at the preface of this specification, the present invention is intended to provide the window space of a bow with means for mounting the support for the sighting device as flushly as possible, with the face of the sill portion 1. Therefore, where sighting devices on the market are fitted with a support in the form of a strip, such strip or strips may readily seat within the upper portion of the recess and rest on the shoulders 4-.

In ofiering a bow provided with a sight as original equipment as well as having the capacity to be adapted to the various types of other sighting devices mounted in its window, it is quite possible that in many cases the recess would have the characteristics other than those shown in FIGS. 1-5. Therefore, because of esthetic and practical reasons it is intended initially to provide a cover for the elongated recess D and the arrangements shown in FIGURES 4 and 5 may be resorted to.

In FIGURE 4 the strips 5 are first interlocked with a cover 8, which may be of plastic or other flexible material so that the cover may be fastened in place by snapping it into position on the strips 5. Thus, the cover will Jclose the mouth of the recess. (The desired sighting device may then be applied by removing the cover 8 and inserting the support of the selected sighting device in place.

FIGURE 5 illustrates a further modification of the cover designated at 9. In this instance, the cover is made as wide as the mouth of the recess and rests directly upon the shoulders 4, 4. This form of cover strip may be secured in place by the use of any suitable fastenings such as screws on the order of 6'.

FIGURE 6 illustrates the cavity D having straight side walls to receive the angle members 10 whose flanges 11 engage the sides of the cavity while the flanges 12 are spaced to provide a guideway or slot to slidably receive the sight S.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that the present invention is primarily concerned with the provision of flushly mounting a sighting device in the sill portion of a window while still utilizing the sighting device as an attachment, but, eliminating entirely all awkward securing means such as those referred to at the beginning of the specification.

' I claim:

1. In combination with an archery bow having a handle portion, a sighting window above the handle portion and an elongated recess in the sighting window to receive a portion of a removable sighting member, supporting means for said sighting member, said means comprising a pair of angle members, the long flange of each 1 member secured to the opposite side Walls of said recess, the short flange of each angle member arranged flush with and extending from the related upper edge of said recess towards the center thereof to provide supporting surfaces for said sighting member, and flexible cover means removably snapditted to said supporting means to cover said space and seal the recess from ingress of 4 foreign matter when the sighting member is detached from the bow.

2. In combination with an archery bow having a handle portion, a sighting window above the handle portion and a recess in the sighting Window to receive a portion of a removable sighting member, supporting means for said sighting member disposed along at least two opposite edges of said Well and providing a space therebetween, cover means removably secured to said supportin means to cover said space and seal the recess from ingress of foreign matter when the sighting member is detached from the bow, said cover meansrcomprising a strip of flexible material snap-fitted into position on said supporting means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,642,661 Fredrickson June 23, v1953 

1. IN COMBINATION WITH AN ARCHERY BOW HAVING A HANDLE PORTION, A SIGHTING WINDOW ABOVE THE HANDLE PORTION AND AN ELONGATED RECESS IN THE SIGHTING WINDOW TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF A REMOVABLE SIGHTING MEMBER, SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SAID SIGHTING MEMBER, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ANGLE MEMBERS, THE LONG FLANGE OF EACH MEMBER SECURED TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS OF SAID RECESS, THE SHORT FLANGE OF EACH ANGLE MEMBER ARRANGED FLUSH WITH AND EXTENDING FROM THE RELATED UPPER EDGE OF SAID RECESS TOWARDS THE CENTER THEREOF TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING SURFACES FOR SAID SIGHTING MEMBER, AND FLEXIBLE COVER MEANS REMOVABLY SNAP-FITTED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO COVER SAID SPACE AND SEAL THE RECESS FROM INGRESS OF FOREIGN MATTER WHEN THE SIGHTING MEMBER IS DETACHED FROM THE BOW. 